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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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