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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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