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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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