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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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