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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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