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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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