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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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