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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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