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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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