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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education 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 we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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