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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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