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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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