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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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