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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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