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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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