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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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