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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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