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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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