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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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