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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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