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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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