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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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