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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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