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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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