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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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