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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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