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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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