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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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