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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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