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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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