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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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