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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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