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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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