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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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