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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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