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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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