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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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