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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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