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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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