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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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