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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OER). There are a lot of enlightening new online learning technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. The open education resources (OER) movement was the inspiration for the first massive open online courses. MOOC courses are a form of online education. This online MOOC courses book deals with the best practices in e-learning based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high participant dropout rates? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct massive open online courses?

The latest gains in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all over the world to be participants in online classes. There are dozens of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. Entrepreneurs and dozens of other participants desire to understand these scholarly new open education experiments. Trainers and desire to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in massively open online courses. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about these MOOC courses and other forms of open education resources (OER) persist. This definitive new MOOC courses book examines functional strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. For more details see this MOOCs Book website.