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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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