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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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