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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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