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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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