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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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