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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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