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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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