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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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