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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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