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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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