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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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