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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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