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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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