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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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