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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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