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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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