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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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