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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to 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 stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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