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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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