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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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