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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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