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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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