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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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