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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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