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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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