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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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