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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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