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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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