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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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