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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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