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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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