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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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