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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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