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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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