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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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