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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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