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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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