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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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