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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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