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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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