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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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