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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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