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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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