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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning 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 massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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