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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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