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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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