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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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