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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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