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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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