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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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