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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)