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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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