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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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