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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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