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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major 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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