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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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