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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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