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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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