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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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