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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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