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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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