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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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