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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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