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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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