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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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