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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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