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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the 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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