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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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