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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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