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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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