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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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