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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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