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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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