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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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