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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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