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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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