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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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