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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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