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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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