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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major 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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