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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines 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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