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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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