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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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