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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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