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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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