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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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