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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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