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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance 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 assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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