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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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