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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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