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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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