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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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