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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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