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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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