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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key 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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