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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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