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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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