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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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