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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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