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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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