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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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