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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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