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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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