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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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