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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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