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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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