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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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