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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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