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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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