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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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