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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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