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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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