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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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