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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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