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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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