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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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