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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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