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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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