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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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