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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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