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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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