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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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