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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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