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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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