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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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