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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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