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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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