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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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