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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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