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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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