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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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