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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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