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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the 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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