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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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