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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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