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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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