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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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