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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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