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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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