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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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