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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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