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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important 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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