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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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