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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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