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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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