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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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