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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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