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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses 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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