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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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