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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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