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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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