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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key 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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