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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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