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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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