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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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