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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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