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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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