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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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