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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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