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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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