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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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