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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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