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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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