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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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