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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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