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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always 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 many topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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