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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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