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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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