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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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