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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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