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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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