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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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