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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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