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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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