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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. New advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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