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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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