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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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