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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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