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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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