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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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