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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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