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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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