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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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