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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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