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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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