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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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