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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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