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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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