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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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