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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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