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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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