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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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