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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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