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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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