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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. 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. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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