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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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