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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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