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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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