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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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