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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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