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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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