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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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