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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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