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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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