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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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