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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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