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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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