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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take 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. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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