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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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