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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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