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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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