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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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