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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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