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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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