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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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