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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations 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. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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