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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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