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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different 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? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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