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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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