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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education