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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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