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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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