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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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