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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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