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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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