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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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