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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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