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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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