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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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