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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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