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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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