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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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