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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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