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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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