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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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