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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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