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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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