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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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