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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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