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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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