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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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