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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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