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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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