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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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