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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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