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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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