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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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