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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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