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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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