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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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