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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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