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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the 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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