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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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