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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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