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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important 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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