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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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