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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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