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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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