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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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