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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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