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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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