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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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