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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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