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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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