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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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