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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today 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 participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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