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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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