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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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