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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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