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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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