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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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