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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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