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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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