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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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