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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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