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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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