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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important 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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