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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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