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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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