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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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