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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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