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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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