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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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