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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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