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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific 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 would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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