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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers 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 experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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