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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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