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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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