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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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