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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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