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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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