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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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