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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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