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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines 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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