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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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