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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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