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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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