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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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