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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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