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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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