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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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