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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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