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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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