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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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