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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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