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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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