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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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