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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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