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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for students 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 a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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