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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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