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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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