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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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