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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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