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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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