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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important 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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