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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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