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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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