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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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