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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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