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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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