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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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