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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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