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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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