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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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