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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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