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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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