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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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