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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major 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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