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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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