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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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