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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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