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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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