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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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