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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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