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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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