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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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