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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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