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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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