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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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