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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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