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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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