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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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