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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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