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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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