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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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