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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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