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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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