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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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