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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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