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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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