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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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