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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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