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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? 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 in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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