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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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