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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers 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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