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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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