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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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