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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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