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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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