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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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