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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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