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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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