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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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