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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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