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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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