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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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