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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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