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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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