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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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