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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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