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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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