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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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