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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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