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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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