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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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