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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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