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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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