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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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