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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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