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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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