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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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