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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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