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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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