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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with 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 we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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