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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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