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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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