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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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