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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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