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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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