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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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