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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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