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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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