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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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