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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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