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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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