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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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