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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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