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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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