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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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