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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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