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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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