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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not 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 issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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