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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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