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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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