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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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