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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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