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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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