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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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