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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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