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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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