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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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