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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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