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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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