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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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