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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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