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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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