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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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