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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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