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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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