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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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