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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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