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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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