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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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