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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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