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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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