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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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