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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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