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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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