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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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