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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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