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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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