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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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