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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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