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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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