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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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