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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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