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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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