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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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