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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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