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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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