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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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