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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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