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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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