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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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