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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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