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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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