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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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