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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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