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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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