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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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