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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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