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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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