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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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