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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers 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 educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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