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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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