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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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