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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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