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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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