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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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