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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business 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 we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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