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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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