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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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