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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the 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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