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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses 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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