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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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