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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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