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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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