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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes 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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