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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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