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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. 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 schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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