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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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